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Strange Tide Question

Started by rplarry · Jun 26, 2012 · 10 replies
rplarry
I was wondering if anyone has ever seen a 12 hr tide swing that is virtually flat, but is preceded by a fairly steep tide change and is also followed by a pretty steep tide change. This pertains to the 10:10pm tide on July 22nd through the 10:10am tide on July 23rd. Never have seen this. Has anyone else seen this before ?

http://www.jjscantina.com/index_htm_files/4904.jpg
Seadweller
That is weird... i just looked at my tide chart and never seen anything like it before...
Terry C
Might be a bad print. this is what my tide chart shows. I filtered the dates and you may need to re-do it. I've never seen this before.

it won't post. sorry
rockyptjoe
That's got to be a glitch...check this one for San Felipe...
San Felipe Weather - tide charts for the Northern Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California)

I have a tide calendar at work will check it when I get in....
MIRAMAR
This tide chart works well and doesn't show that anomaly:
Tide/Current Predictor

Puerto Penasco, Sonora, Mexico 21 July 2012 - 28 July 2012



31.3017° N, 113.3817° W
2012-07-21 02:53 MST 13.98 feet High Tide
2012-07-21 08:57 MST -1.23 feet Low Tide
2012-07-21 15:26 MST 16.36 feet High Tide
2012-07-21 21:32 MST 1.03 feet Low Tide
2012-07-22 03:29 MST 13.77 feet High Tide
2012-07-22 09:32 MST -0.33 feet Low Tide
2012-07-22 15:59 MST 15.61 feet High Tide
2012-07-22 22:06 MST 1.22 feet Low Tide
2012-07-23 04:10 MST 13.27 feet High Tide
2012-07-23 10:09 MST 0.98 feet Low Tide
2012-07-23 16:34 MST 14.55 feet High Tide
2012-07-23 22:46 MST 1.60 feet Low Tide
2012-07-24 04:57 MST 12.51 feet High Tide
2012-07-24 10:53 MST 2.63 feet Low Tide
2012-07-24 17:14 MST 13.24 feet High Tide
2012-07-24 23:34 MST 2.14 feet Low Tide
beachgirl
I just looked at that site too and noticed that there was nothing out of the ordinary as well. Must have been a glich.......
rockyptjoe
Looked at my Tide Calendar at work (Tidelines.com) and it has the same glitch.....it's got to be wrong.
GV Jack
If it isn't, the Mayans were right, but they had the wrong date. :o
moore_rb
Has to be a data glitch... when the tide variance is low, the water levels can only fluctuate around the median (zero tide) water level.

unless the moon is planning to magically change its orbit for 12 hours during the 2nd low tide on the 22nd, I wouldn't expect any different behavior from the water.
Seadweller
GV Jack said:
If it isn't, the Mayans were right, but they had the wrong date. :o


Did the Mayan calendar include Leap Years..? If not, shouldn't the world have come to an end already..?
rplarry
moore_rb said:
Has to be a data glitch... when the tide variance is low, the water levels can only fluctuate around the median (zero tide) water level.

unless the moon is planning to magically change its orbit for 12 hours during the 2nd low tide on the 22nd, I wouldn't expect any different behavior from the water.


Maybe it's a prediction date on certain graphical tide charts for when Superman flies counter clockwise around the earths equator, making the tides stand still for 12 hours ?? ;-)